Contrail builds large‑scale systems and software‑defined data center solutions that aim to lower costs and boost performance compared to traditional vendor offerings. Their platform integrates hardware and software to deliver more efficient infrastructure for enterprises seeking higher throughput at reduced expense.
Funding
$10M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional large‑scale data centers rely on incremental, vendor‑specific solutions that increase cost, complexity, and limit agility for web‑scale applications. Organizations struggle to achieve efficient hardware utilization and rapid, programmatic control across compute, storage, and networking layers.
Solution
Contrail provides a software‑defined data‑center platform that decouples software workloads from homogeneous low‑cost compute infrastructure. By leveraging open standards and modular, federated components, the platform automates provisioning, policy‑driven operations, and real‑time analytics to improve hardware utilization and reduce total cost of ownership. The solution delivers programmatic interfaces beyond basic APIs, enabling seamless integration with existing investments while avoiding vendor lock‑in. Enterprises can scale compute and storage resources more efficiently, gaining the flexibility needed to handle bursty, unstructured application loads.
Target Audience
Primary customers are enterprise cloud operators and web‑scale businesses that require high‑performance, cost‑effective data‑center infrastructure with flexible, automated control.
Features
- Open‑standard, interoperable framework that abstracts compute, storage, and networking layers
- Modular, federated architecture allowing incremental upgrades and protection of existing infrastructure
- Policy‑driven automation for provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management
- Programmatic control interfaces with well‑behaved, clean APIs for integration and orchestration
- Real‑time, application‑oriented analytics providing quantified business insights
- Design focused on minimizing failure domains to enhance business continuity